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- Stock symbol: TGT, (NYSE)
- Annual revenue (2007): $63.37 billion http://finance.google.com/finance?client...
- Founder: Bob Dayton
- Year established: 1902
- Industry: Retail
- Phone: (800) 440-0680
- HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- President: Gregg Steinhafel
- Chairman: Bob Ulrich
- Staff: 366,000 http://finance.google.com/finance?client...
- As of February 2008, Target had 1,591 retail stores http://finance.google.com/finance?client...
- Established: 1902 as R.S. Goodfellow Company
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Target is a large retail store chain with stores across the United States. Target stores have a range of products, with many household items and clothes. Target also has an online store, target.com. Target gives 5% of its income back to the community.
Starting on November 1, 2009 Target expanded the number of items that receive free shipping on orders over $50 on target.com.http://www.reuters.com/article/PBLSHG/idUSN3041497420091030
Key Dates
- 1902: Dayton opens Goodfellows (later The Dayton Company) in Minneapolis
- 1962: First Target store opens
- 1967: Dayton Company goes public
- 1968: Signature bullseye logo created
- 1974: Standardized store layouts introduced
- 1978: Acquires Mervyn's
- 1987: Electronic scanned checkout added to all stores
- 1995: First SuperTarget opens
- 1999: Target.com launched
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Mahalo Answers for Target
Is Target open on Easter? What are its hours? 2 AnswersThe Target in our town (a Super Target location) was closed today. I imagine the rest would be the same. Walmart, on the other hand, was open read more
How do I find the original target in a makefile? 1 AnswerAre you looking for your lower level makefile to behave differently depending on what the top-level target was? If so, I think you'd have to have the top-level... read more
When do you like to shop at Target over Wal-Mart? 6 AnswersI prefer Target over WalMart for a number of reasons. it is a bit more upscale, cleaner and the goods they carry appear to me to be of higher quality. The price... read more -
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